While in the emergency ward, we were very surprised when told that darling has to be admitted into the Coronary Care Unit for monitoring overnight. Then it hit me pretty hard that this is going to be worse than we thought.
Darling’s heartbeat went back to normal in the next morning at about 8am or so.
He had to go through two types of physical tests namely ‘echo test’ for the heart and a ’stress test’ on a treadmill.
After all that, the doctor decided to give him a home-leave & darling has to return back to the hospital the next day for a final check. He had to go for an angio-scan so the doctor can determine that he’s got no blockages in his bloodstream. Then she’ll be able to prebscribe a medication for him safely.
Doctor finally explained to us that darling Francis was experiencing a Lone Atrial Fibrillation (LAF) which is not associated with structural heart disease what-so-ever. It’s considered non-life threatening, however, he’s required to take a medication called Sotalol & a kind of aspirin drug to maintain his regular heartbeat & also to avoid blood clots from forming if a long LAF occurs.
Well… I’m not very convinced with the drugs prescribed to him. Maybe because I’m not the sort that likes the idea of being dependant on drugs for a lifetime. Also, after reading some information on Sotalol, I was kinda upset that we were not given a proper briefing about the drug by the doctor. I asked whether this drug will have a side-effect on darling & the doctor told us there will be none. You can imagine how horrified I was when I read about the truth on the net!
Darling will return to the hospital for a follow-up & we’re ready to shower the doctor with many questions about his condition & the drugs presribed to him. I pray that darling Francis can return to a healthier self again soon.
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[01-08-06 | 3:34 AM]hi asther,
oh dear, it got me worried when reading this post. sure hope francis is going to be fine soon. please send my best wishes to him. take care of francis and yourself too.
[01-08-06 | 10:10 AM]Jenn:
Next week’s the follow-up, so I’m going with him to see the doctor. I’ll be going with a list of questions for the doctor just so that we can be sure this diagnosis of LAF is at a level where requires Francis to take those medications prescribed recently. Else, we’ll go for 2nd opinion elsewhere.
k*a:
[01-08-06 | 11:43 AM]No worries… at least YET… He’s still his normal self & thankfully no more LAF incident after that recent one. Just pray for him, k? Thanx!